Monthly Archives: January 2014

That “Women” Question

Posted on January 30, 2014 by rjs5

I’ve put up a two posts on N.T. (Tom) Wright’s response to listener questions posed by Justin Brierley on the radio show Unbelievable. (The link to the show: NT Wright on Paul, Hell, Satan, Creation, Adam, Eve & more – … Continue reading →

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Wait, No Miracles? … Wright On!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by rjs5

Last Thursday I put up a post that focused on N.T. (Tom) Wright’s response to listener questions posed by Justin Brierley on the radio show Unbelievable. The link to the show: NT Wright on Paul, Hell, Satan, Creation, Adam, Eve … Continue reading →

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Evolution, Death, Adam, Wright

Posted on January 23, 2014 by rjs5

Back in July I put up a post Adam, Adam, Adam, Wright that discussed a range of views on the topic of Adam. In the post I quoted from an interview between Andrew Wilson and N.T. Wright where the question … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of God in Evolutionary History

Posted on January 21, 2014 by rjs5

The second chapter in The Spirit in Creation and New Creation: Science and Theology in Western and Orthodox Realms was written by Denis Alexander, a molecular biologist, the emeritus director of the The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in … Continue reading →

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Was It Wasted Time?

Posted on January 16, 2014 by rjs5

My son celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday … quite the milestone. Wow! It has been a lifetime of development, growth, and learning. Life is always a process. To him the picture to the right was a lifetime ago, yet to … Continue reading →

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The Spirit in Creation

Posted on January 14, 2014 by rjs5

With a post last Thursday, Spirit or Scripture?, I began a series to explore the nature and action of the Holy Spirit in the Church and in the world. Although a focus on the Holy Spirit and gifts of the … Continue reading →

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Spirit or Scripture?

Posted on January 9, 2014 by rjs5

Perhaps the most neglected and disputed aspect of Christian faith is the person and role of the Holy Spirit. We (most of us anyway) will recite the Apostle’s Creed with sincerity and affirm a Trinitarian doctrine of God as Father, … Continue reading →

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Religion in Economics Courses?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by rjs5

Back in November I put up two posts on a book by Warren Nord, Does God Make a Difference? Taking Religion Seriously in Our Schools and Universities (you can find the earlier posts: The Scandal of Secular Indoctrination and Religion … Continue reading →

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Most Americans Are Fine With Evolution

Posted on January 2, 2014 by rjs5

Most White Evangelicals Are Not. The Pew Research Center recently released the results of a poll on views of human evolution in the US. The poll reports that 60% of adults in the US believe that humans and other living … Continue reading →

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